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Assisting Workers Displaced by Structural Change: An International Perspective

Leigh, Duane E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Leigh provides a summary of the evolution of labor market programs in seven industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. He points out that a number of these nations are dealing with long-term unemployment by linking unemployment insurance...

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International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Davidson, Carl; Matusz, Steven J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Davidson and Matusz extend the traditional analysis of international trade to allow for labor markets characterized by workers whose labor-market experiences are punctuated by spells of involuntary unemployment. They demonstrate that such extensions are easily accomplished and that they provide...

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Gender Differences in Faculty Turnover

Brown, Byron W.; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1995

voluntary turnover than do faculty men. This explanation accords with the general finding that women have higher rates of labor … market turnover than do men (Blau and Kahn 1981; Light and Ureta 1992), and may provide a psychic calm both for those … turnover have used grouped (or university-level) data, which usually preclude examination of gender differences in faculty …

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Health Insurance Availability and Entrepreneurship

DeCicca, Philip - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

Despite a strong interest in entrepreneurship, economists have devoted little attention to the role of health insurance availability. I investigate the impact of a unique policy experiment—New Jersey’s Individual Health Coverage Plan—on self-employment. Implemented in August 1993, the IHCP...

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Do Temporary-Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from 'Work First'

Autor, David; Houseman, Susan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

Temporary-help jobs offer rapid entry into paid employment, but they are typically brief and it is unknown whether they foster longer-term employment. We utilize the unique structure of Detroit's welfare-to-work program to identify the effect of temporary-help jobs on labor market advancement....

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Does "Trickle Down" Work? Economic Development and Job Chains in Local Labor Markets

Persky, Joseph; Felsenstein, Daniel; Carlson, Virginia - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Persky, Felsenstein, and Carlson explore a new framework for evaluating state and local economic development efforts. They propose a method, referred to as the "job-chains approach," that they say clarifies the potential justifications for economic development subsidies as well as the...

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Comments on "Occupational and Geographical Mobility of the Workforce in the 21st Century" by Gery Coomans

Hollenbeck, kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition

Klein, Michael W.; Schuh, Scott; Triest, Robert K. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The authors present a picture of how the effects of international trade on employment in U.S. manufacturing industries vary widely. They explore the labor-market dynamics and adjustment costs associated with international factors, particularly the way fluctuations in exchange rates, overseas...

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Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada

Turner, John (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The contributors to this book investigate the compensation and employment risks for U.S. and Canadian workers. They examine both wage and nonwage aspects of compensation, and whether workers in the U.S. or Canada face more job-related risks. They also seek to identify trends in risk bearing and...

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Losing Work, Moving On: International Perspectives on Worker Displacement

Kuhn, Peter J. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This volume presents a collaborative effort by 22 labor economists who examine worker displacement and the attempts to address it in 10 industrialized countries. Using large nationally-representative data sets and detailed policy analysis, the authors focus on two key questions related to worker...

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